Progress 30

Progress 30 (Russian: Прогресс 30) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 30

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1987-044A
SATCAT no.	17999[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.128)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	19 May 1987, 04:02:10 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U2[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	19 July 1987, 05:00:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	341 km[3]
Apogee altitude	365 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	91.6 minutes[3]
Epoch	19 May 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date	21 May 1987, 05:50:38 UTC
Undocking date	19 July 1987, 00:19:51 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress 30 launched on 19 May 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 30 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 21 May 1987 at 05:50:38 UTC, and was undocked on 19 July 1987 at 00:19:51 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 19 July 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 05:00:00 UTC and the mission ended at 05:42 UTC.[3][5]

See also

• 1987 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 30"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
4. "Progress 30". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 6 December 2020.